davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

Before another issue of this paper will
occur the sale of the beautifully located
addition to Tallahassee, which is known
far and near as "Villa Mitchell" and
which, on Wednesday next, will become
the property of many owners of its val
liable residence and garden lots. Nu-
merous purchasers from abroad will
doubtless be here, for such has always
been the case at sales managed by Col
Raffensperger, and the methods that were
successful in those should have like result
in this. The principal agency of success
is advertising, and the way that it is done
and it is done on scale never before
attempted in this section. For instance,
handsome paper of twenty-four columns,
with the title Secure a Home, was printed
here, fifteen thousand copies issued and
sent abroad. This paper, well filed with
matter descriptive of Tallahassee and the
surrounding country, Is the best adver-
tisement they have ever hsd. It deals
in facts. and the obvious advantages set
forth commend the desirability Of prop.
erty located hers-s place to which gen.
eral attention ID now directed by reason
of the railroad enterprises projected In
this direction. We copy elsewhere val
liable articles from Secure a Home. In
addition to the paper, thousands of other
publications have been made, and scores
Of thousands Of people throughout the
country now know of the great sale of
property st g Tallahassee. the Beautiful"
next Wednesday. May it not be reason.
ably expected that hundreds Of them win
be here TO bay some Of II, or 70 zee our
city and country, especially - they can
get here st the low rates Of railroad fare
secured By Col. Ra6suspsfHerf ~
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

DON Mcleod, Of the zallahassesan, is . rich
specimen. 10 recent issue Of his paper, sent
The suppressed section which would have let
the State printing to the lowest bidder was in-
troduced by request Of the editor OF the 1allo-
Aasseean: 10 fact, We wrote the original hill and
had friend to introduce IT, and arc still 10 favor
Of that mode Of letting the State printing.
The facts arc that the present editor Of the In
dependent wrote the celebrated missing sec.
ton" (Don calls it an original bill" 40 IL the
Convention was sitting 10 Chancery) at the
Reporters desk In the Convention Hall, sent It
BY page 10 Senator A. g. Mann. who immedi.
AielY introduced IT,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24


:" or coarse our people Ar going soSsn-
der the aid which u the cheap co6dition
Of sesaring railroad fsSilitiss 20 Lson
county. Il b impossible that thy shseld
not whsn % much il 70 b gaised - 20
little cost. If another locality should
fail under like circumstances We would
ceneure it; then let ~ not be censured by
others. nor suffer the sslf-aoousation which
would surely ensue on failure. But We
will fail il too maay Of our land owasss.
think that others will give enough, and
that consequently their contributions will
not be needed. Don't be self-delnded in
this way, but subscribe yourself, even At
the risk that the other fellows viii not be
needed-and it will be their misfortune
that they can claim none of the credit for
getting the road. The land you retain
will surely be worth much more than the
whole without the road. The beneficial
results of road northward are certain
as certain as those that followed to Thorn
asville when her road northward was
opened, and in much larger degree.
That road made Thomasville . prosper
GUS resort this road will do more for
Tallahassee, for around it is . most fer.
tile, attractive country which will gain
settlers while the city grows sub
stantially in consequence. No in
telligent thinker will doubt that
when the county is opened up By the
short line that will connect with the thous.
ands of miles of railroad in neighboring
States, and the through routes to distant
States. there will be great flow of travel
into our borders, and that of the people
who come among us many will necessa-
rily be so pleased with our country that
they will desire to own property in it,
and will buy and occupy. This is certain.
We all know that the people who come
here are charmed with the country, and
we must conclude that if it afforded op-
portunities of investment, of business, of
employment, facilities for shipmentof pro-
duce and receipt of merchandise, the pop
ulation would rapidly increase until pleas
ant homes would adorn the bills and val
leys to the farther the limits of the county.
Of course this is sure to be 90 eventually,
for such country cannot remain always
unimproved and mostly uninhabited
but that eventually can be substituted
by "quickly," and present possessors Of
land enjoy the prosperity which the sale
and settlement Of q portion of it will
bring about. Let those who may think
for the moment that the merits of our
country are over-estimated compare it
with any other, and they will perceive
its superiority in the combination Of fer
tility. picturesque beauty and salubrity,
and added to these is the charm that it is
"Florida the land to which 80 many
among the crowding millions of the Union
long to come for homes or health-for
residence or sojourn. Let us give them a
chance TO come into Leon county-nearer
in fact, but far more distant by communi.
cation, than other counties that they have
made populous and prosperous. Open
the route for them to come. Aid the
road northumberland aid yourself.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

Tampa TriSsas.. There were three Pull
man sleepers on the south bound fast mail train
last Saturday night, all Of which were needed TO
acc0mmodate the large number Of passenger.
There were two sleepers on the north bound
trails Friday night filed with Havana and Key
Wet pessssgen. This shown good state Of
missing tourists. Work on Sparkmsu d
6parkman's building 10 progressing rapidly. The
lower door will furnish them elegantly while
the second dusr b designed for Offices OF which
there will be sixteen; these may b used slngIy
Of % suite The building wal b one Of The
hAn1sooisat. of our many brick hlockA i
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

THE SHAMEFUL USE OF LINE AND ALUM In CHEAP
BAKING POWDERS.
Many food frauds, such as chicory coffee or
watered milk, although they are swindle In
commercial sense, are often tolerated because
they do not particularly affect the health of the
consumer but when an article like baking pow
der, that enters largely into the food of every
family, and is relied upon for the healthful
preparation OF almost every meal, is 80 made as
to carry highly injurious if not rankly poisonous
elements into the bread to the imminent
danger of the entire community, i, is the
duty of the press to denOunce the practice in the
most emphatic terms.
Among recent important discoveries by the
food analysts is that by Prof Mott, the u. 8.
Government Chemist, of large amounts Of lime
and alum in the cheap baking powders. These
are, one the most dangerous, and the other most
useless adulterants yet found in the low grade,
interior baking powders 1t Is q startling fact
that Of over one hundred different brands of
baking powders so far analysed, comprising all
those sold in this vicinity, not one OF them, with
the single exception OF the Royal Baking Pow
der, was found tree from both lime and alum.
The chief service of lime il to add weight II
10 true that lime when subjected TO heat gives
OH certain amount Of carbOnic acid gas, but q
quick lime Is leit-a caustic 30 powerful that il
is used by tanners to eat the hair from hides of
animals, and in dssecting rooms 10 more Quickly
rot the flesh from the bones of dead subjects.
A small quantity of dry lime upon the tongue,
or 10 the eye, produces painful effects; how
much more serious must these effects he on the
delicate membranes Of the stomach, intesiines
and kidneys, more particularly of infants and
children, and especially when The lime is taken
into the system day alter day, and with aim st
every meal. This is said by physicians to be one
OF the chief causes OF indigestion, dyspepsia, and
painful diseases OF the kidneys now so prevalent
Instances OF the most serious affections of the
latter organs from drinking lime wafer found In
some sections Of the West are noted in every
medical journal.
ADJUDICATION with lime is quite as much to be
dreaded as with alum, which has heretofore re-
ccived tue most emphatic condemnation from eve
ry food analyst, physician and chemist, for the rea
son that, while alum is probably partially Dissolved
and passed of in gas by the heat of baking, IL 10
impossible to destroy or change the nature of
the lime in any degree, so that the entire amount
in the baking powder passes, with all its injuri.
Gus properties into the stomach. When we
state that the chemists have found twelve Der
cent. or one eighth of the entire weight of some
samples OF taking powders analysed to be lime
the wickedness OF the adulleratisn will be fully
appsre
Pure baking powders are one of the chief aids
TO the COOK in preparing perfect and whole.
some food. While those are to be obtained of
we'll established reputation, like the Royal, of
whose purity there has never been and cannot
be q question, 1t is proper to avoid all othera
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

The present assembly Of the Florida Ctantau.
qua. at DeFuniak SPRING., continues with una
bsted interest and Increasing attractions although
Il hes now been in session more than month.
Thousands have already been delighted and
instructed by the lectures and other scientific
and literary entertainments there, and the
chances are that It could be probably extended
for two or three moro months-as It 10 there 10
yet some ten days before the close, and no one
should lose the opportunity 70 visit THE famous
Southern eat Of literstufs-Ps1seoots Advomae.
G0sekh 22d
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24
Isaac n. Vincent. defaultine tr,

Isaac H. Vincent, defaulting treas.
ursr Of Alabama, for whom . reward Of
$4,000 has besn standing for nearly four
years, was arrested last week BY f. @.
Ray, deputy sheriff Of Parker county,
Texas, and delivered to the sheriff Of
Montgomery county, Alabama, on the
18th. The treasurer Of Alabama paid Ray
the reward Tincspt hes lived 10 Mexico
with his family most Of the time since his
flight, Va very poor, and bad Crossed
Into 1sxas 10 get smploynsnk
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

TAL1tn6BAso 0AFUh SAth, 1857.
nsssrs Hsr;Gil4' In tho ~ issue Of the
z41bAaasasn @Eaicls eppeosed signed ~ one
MnIerS criti ling ia!hsr severely HE Market
HOUSE, pildl1e. 81 giving 1t y his opinion that
said lotldinf 10 IL present shaps was unsse and
liable1n hesiature II overcrowded to fall and
necessarily cause .loss of life. Such charge, 20
boldly made, II permitted to stand will cause
unjust criticism on the members Of the late
Council and especially upsn the ChairmAt Of
the Building Committee. A. said chairman,
who Superi atended the woik ~ II progressed, I
ak space In your paper to reply and to state the
following facts /:
So There are four eightee inch walls running
the entire length Of the building. and l have
personsily examined them and found that the
foundation Is of sufficient depth not only to
support the one story built upon 1t but also
second s.osy II requi red. In reference to the
statement made that the timbers do not 60 far
enough into the walls, I will say 1t the joists
entered the walls greater depth than inches
on one course Of bricks, 1t would be detrimental
to the building. Let me explain. All 6rst-class
brick buildings are 20 constructed as that the
1Olsts or glTuerS eher tne UricA "oth iour inches
on the bottom edge of the TIMBER the end being
cut on bevel of four inches SO that the top
edge is entirely out Of the wall. this 10 done that
In case of fire the joist burning within and
breaking may fall inside without throwing the
wallis to the ground. This requ irement will b
found 10 every we'll written set of specifications
issued by professional architecta
Now would suggest that the present Council
request two good practical builders, and pay
them If required, TO examine The building and
report upon its safety and construction.
Respectfully, F. c. GILAoRE.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

ATLANTA. March 1.-THE Georgia Improve
ment Company was chartered short time since
with quarter million capital, the object of
which lie the building of railroads, etc. All the
stock has been taken and the company proposes
to begin at once upon building the Atlanta and
Hawkinsville Railroad and continue the line into
Florida to Tallahassee or Madison. The capital
has oil been subscribed and the company will
elect officers and perfect organisation In few
days.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

The 90 LEX" Letter.
The 1Sn'<s Union said the letter was written
oy prominent attorney of Gainesville Every
attorney In this city has since signed denial Of
its authorship. which d. NAL was published Ia
the 1smss Union without comment How thea
is it possible to avoid the conclusion that the
letter was not written by prominent sltorneT
OF Gainesvillef The Times Union moi only said
that the Lex " letter was written BY promia
cot Gainesville attorney, but also intimsted that
1t had information to the effect that judgeships
were being bartered 10 other parts of the Sisis
10 the interest of Governor Perry's election %
the Senate. The publication of the Lex
letter, coupled with the editorial comments o.
the Times, Union. is charge and insnuAtiou i6
which that paper should be held responsibls.
Governor Perry and Ex-Governor Bloxhan,
and the friends Of each of them, should demand
Of the IIaes- Union an explanation. The chang
IL Of too serious nature to permit OF IL oe's
ignored. The Times Onion has been invitedg
the Gainesville attorneys and several papen
the State to show cause why the charge v"
made, produce the evidence to prove it or sis
the name Of the author Of the letter, but thus NJ
1t has failed to do either of these thipga w
trust the Times Union will yet satisfactorily e.
plain the matter TO Governor Perry, ex Governor
Bloxhsm and the Democracy Of the S,a'e o.
We are apprehensive that it will not be able
do 90. The impression prevails In this locans
among the friends of both Perry and BIoxnsn
that the Lex" letter was manufactured to o.
der, that no prominent attorney had anys0lns
to do with Il, and that the Times Union al0'e
responsible for It Until moro light b 'hfo.s
upon the subject the 1snss- Usioa will csrss''1
be regarded a. having pespetnted great 49, -
upon Governor Perry. and damaged tse
poets ofits own candidate.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

WA0A 0OODUs
W. r Wilsoa's stock Of Tuitsd ~
zsphyrs Chambrays. 6ssrsackes asd 49,
0lnshema suspsa ssy aaaostnsas 80
Florida
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-24

BU0GlEs ron TME. LaTTLs
ONE8g
Just arrived, nice lot Of Baby CarnasS
and PEE them, at GiLNoRs q hAhs
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

was lacking. However, nothing betok-
ening immOdeSty could be observed.
There were high, arched insteps and
low, broad toes and narrow, but nearly
all wore commOn-Sense low heels, as
the average Mission girl knows that
running to catch car with a pencil
like heel under her is anything but
nice, and there is good deal of car
catching done in the Mission.
- The young lady was in the act of
turning the last leaf of the album, when
she caught herself, so to speak, and
throwing it back held it down securely
with her thumb. This aroused the re-
porter'S curiosity.
Something still more interesting?
Let's see ito
''Oh, no. 1t isn't to be seen. 1t isn't
nlce," and the album was whiSked away
to the mantel, while the subject was
changed. A few minutes later the young
lady was called from the room for mo-
ment, and the reporter did not hesitate
to take advantage of her absence by
turning to the mantel and opening the
album at the forbidden page.
What he saw there was nothing more
nor less than another pretty female
foot, but, unlike the rest, this one was
not booted or hosed.
When the unsuspecting girl re-en-
tered the room she said that hers was
not the only album of the kind recently
started in the city. Indeed, it was quite
the rage to have collection of pictures
of the kind. They ale all taken in the
gem shape and placed in albums
made for that size of pictures.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
[OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.
Vacation of Part of Osceoid
Avenue.
CITY CLERKS OEEIcE, |
ST. PAUL, Oct. Is, 1887.

Whereas, A petition has been filed in
this office, by order of the Common
Council, as required by law, asking for
the vacation of that part of Osceola ave-
nue. described as follows: Commencing
on the north line of Pleasant avenue at
the intersection Of the east lie of Osce-
ola avenue with said north line of Pleas
ant avenue; running thence northerly
on the easterly line of Osceola avenue
two hundred and ninety-eight and fifty-
two-one hundredthS (29S $1,000 feet
more or less, to northerly line of block
three 81 of Highland Park; thence west
erly across OSceOla avenue to the point
of intersection of the north line of block
four az of said Highland Park with the
westerly line of OSceOla avenue; thence
sOutherly along the westerly line of Gees
ola avenue two hundred and thirty-four
and thirty-siX-one hundredths234 36-1OO)
feet,more or less, to the northerly line of
Pleasant avenue; thence easterly along
the northerly line of Pleasant avenue to
the place of beginning; and
Whereas, The petitioners state that
they are the owners and a majority of
the owners of the property AUDITING
upon and along the line of said part of
OSceOla avenue asked to be vacated,
and that the object and reason for such
vacation is, that the said part of Osceola
avenue can never be used for the DUR
poses of a street without very great ex-
pense and great injury to property on
both sides of the same, and the petition
erS will dedicate to the public for the
purposes of street that portion of said
block four (4 located between the red
lines as shown upon the plat attached to
said petition;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that said petition will be heard
and considered by the Common Council
of the City of st. Paul on Tuesday, the
9th day of December, A. d. 1887, at 7:3O
o'clock p. m. at the Council Chamber, in
the City Hall.
By order of the Common Council.
THOs. A. PRENDERGAsT, City Clerk.
oct 15-5W-Sat
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
CONTRACT NORK.
PaNng Stdley Street

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, |
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 5, 1887.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul,
Minnesota, at their office in said city,
until IL m ON the 18th day of Octo-
Der, A. d, 1887, for paving Sibley street
from Seventh to Ninth street, in said
city, with cedar blocks, and curbing
with granite, together with the neces-
sary sewer connections, according to
plans and specifications on file in the
Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
III sum of at least twenty (2O) per cent.
OF the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. +. ERWIN,
279-2S9 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
CONTRACT MORK.
Sewer ON State and Other
Streets.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. IL, 1887. {
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesOta, at their Office in said city, until
IL m. on the 24th day of October. A.
ID. 1887, for the construction of sewer
Oh State street, from Concord street
to South Robert street; OH South Rob-
ert street, from State street to Annap-
oils street, and on Oakdale avenue, from
State street to Bunker street, in said
city, together with the necessary catch
basins and manholes, according to plans
and specifications on file in the Office of
said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (2O per cent.
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. F. ERWIN,
2S7-297 Clerk Board Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
FINGER AND TOE PHOTOS.
Some Vain Darlings Who Sit for
Queer Pictures-.An Album Con-
tanning a Curious Collection of
Feminine Odds and Ends.

Some Vain Darlings Who Sit for
Queer Pictures--An Album Con-
tanning a Curious Collection of
Feminine odds and Ends.
''My Hand and Foot Album" is the
dainty inscription on the cover of a
small but highly priced volume belong
ing to young lady living in the Mis-
sion. The book is bound in morocco
and was evidently intended by its maker
as an album for small card photographs
of the regulation portrait order. The
novel use to which it is now put has
made of the little volume one of the
oldest of curios, according to the San
Francisco Chronicle. In nearly every
one of the spaces prepared for portraits
is photograph of feminine hand or
foot !.
'.How did I get this collection? Well,
if you won't write anything ridiculing
it I'll tell YOU"
That is what the owner of the album
said to reporter yesterday.
You See,' she went OH, as she turned
the leaves of al interesting volume,
''some of the girls in this part of town
with whom l am acquainted hit upon
the idea of having their hands photo
graphed. l believe the first one wanted
to perpetuate the taper finger on which
she had just had an engagement ring
placed. The picture was taken in a lit
tie circle, with star points all around it
and showed nothing but the hand and a
portion of the wrist. Here it is, you
see."
A remarkably pretty hand. white and
dimpled like baby's, was shown.
''YeS, that was the first, | believe.
The girl showed it around among few
of her most intimate friends, of whom |
am one, and they all thought the picture
such cute one that they Immediately
made up their minds to have something
after the same style taken of their own
hands. Of course they didn't all have
engagement rings on, but some of them
made believe by using other rings, and
others had their hands taken plain, as
you will see. without any ring at ALL"
but ABOUT THESEEFEET?'
asked the porter as Slippered and
booted eXtremitieS were shown in pass
ing.
We'll" said the owner of the album,
just the least bit shyly, ''you know
when girls get started on such notions
as these they always 90 from one thing
to another. At first they thought it
would be awful to follow out such a
suggestion, but finally very brave pos
SCISSOR of pair of No. 2's said she
wasn't afraid, and if the girls would go
with her to the gallery she would sit
for a photograph. So they went, and
the result was that the whole party lex
cept one girl, who wore No. 5's), had
their feet taken. You can see them here
in all positions and styles"
In nearly every case there was
fringe of dress skirt above the shoe or
slipper. but in one Oh two instances this
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Gotzian Street

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct.12 1887.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota. at their office in said city, until
IL m. on the oath day of October, AID.
1887, for grading Gotham street from
Margaret street southerly to Conway
street in said city, according to plans
and specifications on file in the office of
said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties.
in sum of at least twenty (2O) per cegG
OF the gross amount bid must acC~X
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. F. ERWIN,
2S7-297 Clerk Board of Public Works.